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Lower vacancy rates supported by robust demand Despite that Q1 was a traditionally low season, the grade A office leasing market remained active during the period. The total take-up in the quarter stood at 53,820 sq m, the same as the previous quarter. read more

Les loyers proposés en Suisse n’ont que faiblement augmenté en avril 2008. En effet, la progression n’a été que de 0,1 %. Un recul de 0,2% a même été enregistré dans l’Arc lémanique. Selon l’indice homegate.ch du marché des loyers, la progression des loyers proposés en Suisse n’a été que de 0,1 % en avril 2008, ce qui amène l’indice à 110,7 points....

The demand for modern office space in Warsaw remains relatively high. In the first quarter of 2008 the market registered 106,500 sq m of take-up. This means however that office space demand decreased slightly comparing to the last quarter and also comparing to 1Q2007, mostly due to the limited available premises. Over 75% of space was leased in Non-Central locations....

Information about the author of the report The author of the report is Agency Jartom, a leading agency company operating on the modern commercial estate market, warehouse and industrial. Since 1992 Jartom specializes in brokerage and consultancy on the warehouse and industrial facilities in Poland. What’s new on the 2008 warehouse market?...

New research released by DTZ in Sweden reveals that transaction volume in Sweden in Q1 2008 was equal to that of the first quarter of 2006 and 2007, with €2.8 billion worth of property changing hands. DTZ's Q1 quarterly update also indicates that demand remained strong despite the financial crisis, the reduced prognosis for the Swedish economy, and the worsening borrowing...

For most regions of the world, office space is still in high demand highlighted by lower vacancies and higher rents. The velocity of both declining vacancies and higher rents, however, is down from six months ago as several key financial centers are beginning to feel the effects of the global...

Entering 2008 Poland, the largest country in the CEE region (38 million citizens, USD 400 billion economy), was a stronger and more confident nation than it had been 12 months earlier. Economic growth has been strong and unemployment dropped. Many Poles are also happier with their government than they were a year ago, after elections were held for parliament, and...

· Interest rates held at 5.25% in March. Medium-term inflation risks growing, therefore evidence of ‘sharp’ economic slowdown deemed insufficient to justify cut. Eurostat business and consumer confidence surveys for February all negative. Services confidence -15.0. · Libor 3-month rates drifting out. Increased by over 25 bps since January to 5.77%. New liquidity injections...

Comme chaque année, Atisreal International Research publie à l’occasion du Mipim une étude européenne intitulée « European Office Market ». Les faits marquants observés en 2007 sur les marchés européens de bureaux sont les suivants : Un contexte de crise financière La crise américaine des crédits immobiliers « subprime » s’est transformée en crise...

The investment risks on the world’s office real estate markets have perked up across the board, with few exceptions. The sustained global trend of declining risk rates that started in the summer of 2006 has thus been checked. This is the finding of the latest Real Estate Risk Trend report published by HSH Nordbank. While the pace of the risk increase remains moderate, the development already...

The Manhattan office market got off to a bit of a sluggish start in January with the Class A vacancy rate rising to 5.6% from 5.3% in December. The primary culprit was direct vacant space, which climbed from 9.1-mm-sf to 9.5-mm-sf. However sublease availability, after falling in December to its lowest level since March 2001, was up 300,000-sf to close the month at 3.3-mm-sf. This additional...

Un atterrissage en douceur est en cours sur le marché du logement. Rien ne fait craindre en Suisse des distorsions du type de celles qui affectent d'autres marchés immobiliers. Telle est la conclusion à laquelle les économistes du Credit Suisse sont parvenus dans leur dernière étude immobilière. Les différents marchés présentent une image globalement équilibrée. L'offre et la demande se...

The office market showed consistent performance during 2007 and will most likely continue to do well in 2008. This was evidenced by growing rental rates and steady occupancy rates. The projected increase in the total supply in the CBD in 2008 will be 35% higher than the increase in 2007 from 242,962 sq m to 329,426 sq m. Rental rates quoted...

In 2007 Bulgaria continued the positive trend in economic growth from 2006. For the first half of 2007 GDP increased by 6.4% (on yearly basis) amounting to EUR 12.5 bln. Unemployment continued to decrease and in the third quarter of 2007 it was 6.8% of the country’s total labor force. read the full report

Although there was a certain degree of turbulence in the financial markets created by the subprime-mortgage problem in the US, the office market in the region remained relatively firm. According to our research, the average prime office rental continued to edge up by 3.6% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) during 4Q 2007. Majority of office occupiers remained confident on their business outlook for 2008...

European Retail Warehousing 2008, a report by global real estate consultant Cushman & Wakefield, shows how the European retail warehousing market has begun its long-awaited transformation from being dominated by single units and clusters to see the emergence of a more sophisticated retail park format offering better accommodation for occupiers and consumers, as well as a more viable asset...

The total return on the SCS / IPD Irish Quarterly Index in the fourth quarter of 2007 was 1.0% q/q. This represents a slowdown on the previous quarter when returns were 3.3% q/q. The total return over 2007 was 9.9% y/y. While being a robust return over the year, this is significantly less than the 27.2% y/y achieved in 2006. Over the 12 months of 2007, the 9.9% y/y total...

Office sector Grade A office rentals remained resilient thanks to the buoyant sub-market in Central. However, due to the anticipated completion of a spate of new developments in Kowloon East, the sub-markets in Island East and Kowloon East were essentially flat. All in all, the average Grade A office rental increased 6.6% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) to HK$56.32 per sq ft per...

Genève et Zurich comptent parmi les 10 sites commerciaux de détail les plus chers au monde Les producteurs de mode et de montres raffinées ne sont pas les seuls à profiter de la demande considérable de produits de luxe pour leur expansion. Les détaillants sont prêts à payer des loyers comparables à ceux de Londres ou de Paris, comme, en raison du pouvoir d'achat globalement...